EXCLUSIVE: Arjun Kapoor on his parents’ separation: Mom never told us, ‘Your father has left us high and dry’

Arjun Kapoor, during a recent shoot for a show, had revealed how dealing with difficult personal issues in life at an early age, especially his parents’ separation had forced him to become an emotional eater. Arjun also went on to explain how that caused a few injuries as well. Arjun was very young when his mom Mona Kapoor and dad Boney Kapoor decided to separate and it was indeed a very difficult time for the kids.

But it was his mother Mona Kapoor who walked the path like a consort battleship. For people who know her or have met her, would speak at length about the strength and positivity that she embodied. A lot of it has passed on to Arjun, as well. He says he’s learnt it from his mother to never judge someone’s circumstances. “I have had many women shape me consciously or subconsciously. My father was a working man and my mom couldn’t work things out and eventually, he decided to get married again and have another family. I didn’t spend as much time with him. I have always had my nani, my mom and my sister. So I have learnt to empathise with the other sex far sooner than other boys would. The maturity that I got is from my mother who taught me to be a certain way. My mom never festered any ill feelings towards my father, even when she had every right to poison us. That’s basically the root of why I’m somebody who’s broad-minded. My mother could have easily told me, ‘Your father has left us high and dry and he has decided to be a certain way. I don’t remember a day when my mother spoke negatively about my father. That’s where I learnt from. Today, when I have grown up and walk a little bit in my father’s shoes, I understand why I love my father. He, for all his flaws, also has a lot of strength. He is a very lovable man so she loved him,” he tells us.

While talking about how difficult it was to deal with the news of his parents separating and how his grandparents stood by them, Arjun shares, “Obviously, I’m emotional because I had a family around me that allowed me to go through the process of dealing with things when my parents were having a difficult time. It’s never easy for a child. It allows you to engage with them to get rid of your emotional baggage. So I remember my dada used to hold me and carry me along with him for walks. He used to give the first drop of whiskey on nights (Smiles). My dadi loved to feed me and because she knew I loved eating, she used to make sure she cooked the best things for me. She’s never been that person to say ‘kitna mota ho gaya hai’. Even when I was like a ball, she was still, ‘aur kha le’. She used to save the best pieces of chicken and mangoes for me. That’s unconditional love.”

Arjun further added, “My Nani used to spoil me silly. Even if we wanted 1 rupee, she would give me two. My nana would take me for horse riding sessions and pampered. I don’t know if the pampering was of solace at that point but it definitely was a distraction and gave me great memories. I never felt judged by my grandparents when perhaps the world was not judging me but what was going on in my life – whether it was about my physicality changing or me losing out on a normal childhood. I still felt I had friends in my grandparents. The masti between Sardar and Amreek’s character is very similar to my experience with my grandparents.”

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